Hose



Patented Oct. 2, Y1923.

i y LTQHN 1T. rirs'rnngaorf WELLrNGrombirio.

State 4of Ohio,'have invented abertain'new and useful Improvement injIrI'ose, of Vwhich thev following is Va lfull, clean-and exact description. A l t =f 1.-#

This invention relates to a rubber and fabric hose.'

The principal object of the invention vis to provide a hose which is strong and diirable, and which can be made'in an inexpensive manner.

rl`he hosel constituting Ythe subjectmatter of the Vpresent invention is formed of superposed'layers of fabric and Yunwoven cords applied in strip form sothat the laps will extend longitudinally of the hose, and in making the hose IV utilize composite strips of woven fabric and cords, the cords being in a layer which overlies the. fabric and is cemented thereto so that the. composite strip can be applied as a unit to the hose being produced, thereby forming two layers'.l Y 3 Y y In the accompanying sheet of drawings illustratingmy invention somewhat conventionally, Fig. 1 is a transverse diagrammatic X view through the improved hose with the thickness of the various layers exaggerated for the sake of clearness; Fig. 2 is an elevation of a short length of the hose with the different layers broken away; Fig. 3

' shows one of the compositev strips as it appears when being applied on the mandrel to form two layers of the hose; Fig. 4: is a plan view of one of the composite strips with a Aportion of the cord layer broken awayv to show the fabric beneath; and Fig. 5 shows one way in, which the composite strips can be applied to a stationary mandrel to form the hose. Y

A hoseformed in accordance with my invention preferably'consists of a number'of superposed layers'rwhich consist alternately of woven fabric, preferably rubber fric ti0ne'd, and unwoven cords, preferably rubberized. In this instance the' hose has an'V inner'layer 10 V` of lthe fabric on which is superposed a layer 11 of cords overlaid by a second layer of fabric 12, covered by a second layer 13 of cords. These four layers in this instance constitute the` body or Iseo. fs'eiai masseuse.

Y strengthgivingpoitionsfof thehose,ftho'iighl the-numberef layersrcould "be increased Y'over thatshown.' Additionally,flre'gardless*fof thel numberjfof alternate'flayersfof fabric and lV cord, thel'hose vfisfsurfacedwith .a binder: 14 which .can consist of alayer of cord orfabric,f preferably zth'e :'former, covered with Q a surface Iof rubber: A hose thus 4formed,laf#

ter vulcanization has a great deall ofstrength and is well adapted for transmitting high pressure fiuid such as water or air.

In formingY the body of l-the hosefthe layers 10,V 11, 12 and 13` are preferably applied in pairs. To do this I for'm composite strips such as Yillustrated at A in Fig. 3, and B in Fig. et, each consisting of a. stripV of rubberized wovenv fabric and a layer or j strip of rubberized cords which adheres to the fabric and is of the same dimensions as the latter, the cordspreferably extending across the stripina diagonaldirection.V

The width of thecomposite strips A and B are such that when appliedto a mandrelY over which the hose is adapted to be formed, the longitudinal edges will overlap, as indicated in Fig. 1, 'and the two composite strips, vor more than two, in case the/'body of Y the hose has more than four layers, are prefT Yerably so appliedrthat the lap of one comi posite strip is displaced Awith reference to the lap of the other.Y Whenl the body ris formed of four layers, as in Fig. 2, thelap or joint of one composite strip is preferably displaced 180?J fromv the lap or joint of the. other strip. When the cords are disposed diagonally of therfabric as shown, the cords of one layer are preferably inclined in the opposite direction with respect -to the cords 0f theother layer.

The novel features of my improved meth'- od reside chiey inthe utilization of the' composite strips, or in `applying simultaneously Ya layer of fabric and a layer of the 'f 'cord.1 The precise" mechanism utilized in carrying" out the method is immaterial to theY present invention as the" strips `can be" applied with many different instrumentalities which involve either a stationary mandrel or movable mandrel. In Fig. 5 I have illustrated one way 'in' which this can be done, this consisting in applying the'corn'- posite strips A and B at two different points onto a stationaryy mandrel 15 by feeding the strips into the openends of slightly flaring most layers, and that thefselc'ondstrip is applied Y,onto the tubeproduced from. the first; strips() as to-vforin thenext tworlayersgof Jfabric and cord respectively. The binder 14 can Abe applied in thesarne -Way that'the 4strips A and B areapplied,4 or tliiscan, be

applied subsequently after the strips A andV B have been formed in tubular shape. on tlieinandrel. y Y

Having describedv my' invention, Ir claim: l. A hose having a body portion coinposed of a plurality of lsuperposed layers( of Woven Vfabrioand unwovenco'rdjin the form of strips having their longitudinaly edges extending lengthwise of the hose.

A hosefhaving a body portion com- '.posed of superposed layers of rubberized fabric and cords adhering itogether, 'and liavingtheir longitudinal edges lapped and:y

extending longitudinally of the hose.v A hose having a body portion composed 'i of alternatelayers ofrfrubb'erized fabricY andy cords adhering.together7 eachlayer of fab-A ric'and an adjoining. layer of cord being in Y 35 the forrn'of a.Y strip having coincident lapped longitudinal edges. Y Y Y;

`lnftestinnony whereof,v I hereunto affix my signature. l

JOHN T.` Llerena- 

